Kenworth K270, Kenworth K370, Peterbilt 210, Peterbilt 220, model years 2012 to 2013. Filed by PACCAR Incorporated and reported to NHTSA on 9 October 2012. 432 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says PACCAR is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Kenworth K270 and K370 vehicles, manufactured from November 23, 2011, through September 27, 2012, and model year 2012-2013 Peterbilt 210 and 220 vehicles, manufactured from July 29, 2011, through September 25, 2012, for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal …
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Paccar's own number for this recall: 12KWG. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V490 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12V490 cover?
- Kenworth K270, Kenworth K370, Peterbilt 210, Peterbilt 220, model years 2012-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- PACCAR is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Kenworth K270 and K370 vehicles, manufactured from November 23, 2011, through September 27, 2012, and model year 2012-2013 Peterbilt 210 and 220 vehicles, manufactured from July 29, 2011, through September 25, 2012, for failing to comply with the...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Vehicles that use a combination of both fog lights and head lights or daytime running lights and headlights may be too bright for oncoming traffic, possibly distracting them and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will change the wiring harness free of charge. The recall began on November 16, 2012. Owners may contact Kenworth at 1-425-828-5000 or Peterbilt at 1-940-591-4000.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Paccar calls this recall 12KWG, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Vehicles that use a combination of both fog lights and head lights or daytime running lights and headlights may be too bright for oncoming traffic, possibly distracting them and increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V490 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PACCAR Incorporated |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 October 2012 |
| Model years | 2012-2013 |
| Vehicles named | KENWORTH K270, KENWORTH K370, PETERBILT 210, PETERBILT 220 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Vehicles that use a combination of both fog lights and head lights or daytime running lights and headlights may be too bright for oncoming traffic, possibly distracting them and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will change the wiring harness free of charge. The recall began on November 16, 2012. Owners may contact Kenworth at 1-425-828-5000 or Peterbilt at 1-940-591-4000.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kenworth K270 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Kenworth K370 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 210 recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 220 recalls: 14 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12V490, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v490/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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- 26V022: 2026 Kenworth L770 and 2024-2026 Peterbilt 520
- 25V795: 2026 Peterbilt 567 and 589 trucks
- 25V569: 2024-2026 Kenworth T680, T880, and W990 trucks
- 25V353: 2024 Peterbilt 367, 2026 Peterbilt 548, 589, and 2024-2026 Peterbilt 567 trucks
- 25V182: 2021-2026 Peterbilt 220, 2022-2026 Kenworth K370, and 2020-2026 K270 Medium-Duty Battery Electric
All 138 Paccar campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 12V490 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
cc6808c0 - Consequence
2cd4a4c8 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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